With the sound of really sucky music.
Yet another meme. Someone came up with a list of fifty songs they hated. I'm supposed to bold the ones I like. Discussion will also follow.
If interested read on after the jump.
(Of course, I caught this, like yet another bad, treatment resistant, case of the crabs, from a furry llama who's skipping the inauguration tomorrow. )
1. We Built This City ... Starship
2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus (Robbo wants to know why everyone hates this song. Well, Robbo, IT'S BECAUSE IT SUCKS! That and because Billy Ray singlehandedly brought the mullet back into popular culture from its hiding place in the Ozarks. Hence we hate his music. Quite simple really.)
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung This song bops. I like it. And the video was pulled from MTV because it was supposed to cause brain or eye or some other squishy body part damage. How cool is that?
4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit
5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News Still good. Just heard it on the radio the other day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Even if I did look over my shoulder to see if anyone noticed.
7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin This the least likely Bobby McFerrin song ever. Why it is also the most popular and overplayed, I don't know. Bobby's a talented guy: just because he had Robin Williams in his video and everyone jumped on the bandwagon after that, doesn't mean you shouldn't like this song. Bobby was the artistic director of this country's chamber music powerhouse---the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra---for years. He's a very talented musician. And I sold him a $1.54 cup of drip brew one day and he tipped me a buck on the purchase. He's a nice guy. Be nice to him.
8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
9. American Life ... Madonna
10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken
12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys - I still have the Cocktail soundtrack on tape.
14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler
15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes I loved this song when it came out. I felt its angst deeply. I haven't heard it in ages, but if I do hear it, I will still bellow along with the chorus.
17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer
18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago - (Yeech. Although old mid-70's Chicago ain't all bad.)
19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister What happened to these guys? Weren't they supposed to be the shit?
20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie
21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors Back in my sorority days, whenever we had a house party, we had to serenade our dates when we delivered the invites. This meant picking a song, stripping the original lyrics and then inserting our own. Then we walked to every damn fraternity house and sang our little hearts out. We did a serenade to this song and it holds a special place in my heart as a result.
22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith -
(Honestly, I've never heard the whole thing.)
23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart - (What the hell is this song about other than wearing your sunglasses at night? Why would you want to wear your sunglasses at night? You're a dolt if you do, because you can't SEE, dumbass.)
24. Superman ... Five for Fighting This song has a pretty melody.
25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
26. The End ... The Doors Word of advice: don't listen to this one while stoned. I can tell you from experience that you'll question your very existence if the weed is either really good or hydroponic.
27. The Final Countdown ... Europe
28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer LOVE this song. Very sexy.
29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something And then I said what about Breakfast at Tiffanys and you said we both kinda liked it...
30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston
31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies (If no other song does it for you, this song will convince you of how absolutely stupid radio and record companies are when it comes to picking singles. If you liked the dude's voice, get their The Ghosts That Haunt Me album. Very, very good.)
32. Will 2K ... Will Smith
33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua (Who?)
34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M.
36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal
37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo (Can you say, "Guido?")
38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex -
39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin Yep. I'll shake my thing to it.
40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd
41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel Birthday party cheesecake jelly bean boom patriotic... OOOPS! Wrong song with many pop culture references invoked to make us feel all bad about ourselves and the society we live in because Michael Stipe/Billy Joel knows best. Forgive me for being confused. My bad. I still like it, though. And I like "It's The End of the World," too. It's all about the challenge of getting the lyrics down pat.
42. The Sound of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel - Had it on vinyl. Have it on tape. Have it on CD. Have it on digital. Will buy it again when the next new music format happens.
43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker
44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf How can you not like Mr. Loaf? No one throws more into it than he does. Now the music to a very funny Dr. Pepper commercial.
45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
46. Hangin' Tough ... New Kids on the Block (I can proudly say I never fell for the whole New Kids on the Block Thing. Good thing Donnie Wahlberg can act, because he shouldn't have had a day job with this band in the first place.)
47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams
48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles I love this song! This is my "happy ever after song."
49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred Can you really resist this song?
50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion (This song was stuck on repeat on the mall muzak one day. Couldn't escape it. If I ever meet that skinny assed bitch, I'm gonna beat her into next week.)